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A popular variation for badasses is "We can do this the easy way or the really easy way." Offering two variations of "hard way" and no "easy way" or even "the fun way" is also common.
See also [[The Window or
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== Film ==
* Parodied in ''[[
* ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]''▼
▲* Parodied in ''[[Osmosis Jones (Film)|Osmosis Jones]]'': Some cops go a sleazy bar, and the lead one announces, "We can make this easy... or hard." One cop behind him will apparently settle for otherwise, saying "Or, somewhere in between. Like, semi-easy, or medium hard," causing the lead cop to admonish him. "You don't get to say that!"
▲* ''[[Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron]]''
* Inverted in ''[[Back to
▲{{quote| '''The Colonel:''' You can break easy mustang, or you can break hard.}}
▲* Inverted in ''[[Back to The Future (Film)|Back to The Future]] Part II''. Biff's [[Mooks]] say this to Marty -- "the easy way" is being knocked on the head.
* ''Chain Lightning''
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* ''Excess Baggage''
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'''Emily:''' What's the hard way?
'''Vincent:''' It's harder... it's harder than the easy way. That's what I know. }}
* ''[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]''
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* ''Hidden Agenda''
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'''Jason Price:''' Is that pillow talk, Sam?! }}
* One of many running gags in ''[[
* Not exactly the same, but close, is ''[[RoboCop
* ''Tooth & Nail''
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* A variant appears in ''[[The Rundown]]''. The Rock's character gives the people he deals with two options. The first, Option A, is coming along with him, giving him what he wants, or otherwise complying with
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* In the 45-minute video ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMjMPlXzdA Busted: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters]'', a young man is threatened by a Maryland State Trooper to either "make it easy on himself" by consenting to a search of his car, or he can "make it hard on himself" (by refusing). They show two versions of the event: the guy stands on his rights, refuses the search, and gets only a traffic ticket; the guy lets the cop search, with him and all of the passengers in the car end up going to jail for possession of drugs. (Doesn't mention if he still gets the traffic ticket for which he was pulled over.)
* Variant in ''[[The Colour of Magic (
== Literature ==
* Played with a few times in ''[[
** In ''[[
** In the same book, another easy way turns out to involve using wolves to pull a sled.
** A more serious instance, from ''[[
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"You want me to kill all the inquisitors? Right!"
"No. That's the easy way. I want as few deaths as possible." }}
** Another serious example, from ''[[
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** Invoked in all but name, also from ''Carpe Jugulum'':
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'''The Count:''' And that's what you call justice, is it?
'''Granny Weatherwax:''' No, that's what I call mercy. }}
** And another in ''[[
* ''[[Tortall Universe]]'': Jokingly used by the friend of Beka (both of them are Provost's Guards, or protopolice) to get her to come to a breakfast. Quickly followed by [[I Always Wanted to Say That]].
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[30
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* ''[[
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'''Bad guy:''' What's the easy way?
'''Hannibal:''' That ''was'' the easy way. }}
* ''[[Bad Girls]]'', episode "Battle Lines".
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* Frequently played around with, as in ''[[
** From "Seeing Red"
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** In "Enemies" after the requisite [[Foe Yay|tongue-fest and attempted murder]] Faith finally gets Angelus pinned beneath her.
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'''Angelus:''' Long as you're there, I mostly want you to wriggle. }}
** In "All The Way" Giles says this to a vampire who's holding Dawn hostage. Suddenly lights come on to reveal they're surrounded by vampires.
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* ''[[Chuck]]'', episode "Chuck Versus the Marlin".
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'''Jeff:''' What's the hard way?
'''John Casey:''' I use '''my''' foot! }}
* ''[[
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* ''[[
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'''Barney:''' What's the hard way? Security roughs me up and tosses me out?
'''Ellen:''' No. That's the easy way. The hard way is that I slap the crap out of you myself. }}
== Music Videos ==
* At the start of "Honey," [[
== Video Games ==
* Played with in ''[[
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== Web Animation ==
* In episode 4 of the semi-interactive Flash cartoon ''3|Way'', to deal with some mooks you are given the choice between "the easy way... or the ''sleazy'' way." The easy way is violence; since this is a pornographic series, you can guess what's the sleazy way.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
** Combined with [[Fetish Fuel]] in [http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F030.jpg this strip].
** Again in [http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=/2010-01-14.jpg this strip].
* ''[[
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0358.html Strip #358:]
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'''Leeky Windstaff:''' Druids always pick the hard way; it encourages natural selection. }}
** Also, strip #442 is titled [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0442.html "We Can Do This the Easy Way..."]
* Mocked in ''Smash Comics'', one of the filler comics for ''[[Knights of the Old Coding]]''. Ganondorf asks Marth and Jigglypuff if they want to do this the easy way or the hard way. He then Shadowkicks them before they can answer, stating "the hard way it is." When Marth points out that he hadn't said anything yet, Ganondorf admits that he's impatient.
* In [http://www.weregeek.com/2008/03/12/ this strip] of ''[[
* ''Marsh Rocket'': Although not explicitly stated, it's [https://web.archive.org/web/20161014021027/http://www.marsh-rocket.com/Pages.aspx?Pg_ID=213 implied here].
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'': When the Butanian dragons refuse to side with Riboflavin against Voluptua, his response is, "[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100525.html A pity. I guess I'll have to do this the messy way after all. And I must admit... that will be more fun!!!]" He then starts blasting everything in sight with a [[BFG]].
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* [[Secret Squirrel]] says this to rogue panda One Ton, who's just eaten a clove of garlic. "One Ton choose... HAAAAAAARD!"
* In ''[[
* ''[[
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* In ''[[
* Played with in the ''[[
* ''[[
** "Popcorn Panic": "We can do this the easy way, or we can do this [[Ax Crazy|Rico's]] way."
** When the penguins faced an outlaw raccoon named The Archer, Skipper doesn't even get to finish the phrase.
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* In ''[[
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the good one, smooth and easy,
or mine, much more painful and deadly. }}
* Lampooned on ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' during the fight between [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]]:
{{quote|'''Hemingway:''' Okay, son, there are only two ways this can end. The easy way, or [[Pun|the Hemingway]].}}
== Real Life ==
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